It takes a clever man to turn cynic and a wise man to be clever enough not to. — Fannie Hurst Copy Share Image
What is the use of straining after an amiable view of things, when a cynical view is most likely to be the… — George Bernard Shaw Copy Share Image
You're such a cynic," Molly said. "I think cynics are playful and cute. — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
“I can't bear the thought that a man of lofty mind and heart begins with the ideal of the Madonna and ends… — Fyodor Dostoyevsky Copy Share Image
The most unrealistic person in the world is the cynic, not the dreamer. — Paul Hawken Copy Share Image
“We are all cynics now, I suppose, and even a mewling infant knows that to save a life is to make an… — Paul Hoffman Copy Share Image
“When did you become a cynic?” Sam asked. Evie smiled. “When I found out I was a little girl.” — Libba Bray Copy Share Image
“Listen, O lord of the meeting rivers, things standing shall fall, but the moving ever shall stay.” — Basava Copy Share Image
Perhaps no philosopher is more correct than the cynic. The happiness of the animal, that thorough cynic, is the living proof of… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
I get the cynicism thing all the time, although I don't really know where that comes from, because I think I'm actually… — Matt Taibbi Copy Share Image
Free institutions certainly exist, but a tradition of passivity and conformism restricts their use - a cynic might say that this is… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
Remember that all is opinion. For what was said by the Cynic Monimus is manifest: and manifest too is the use of… — Marcus Aurelius Copy Share Image
Cynicism masquerades as wisdom, but it is the farthest thing from it. Because cynics don’t learn anything. Because cynicism is a self-imposed… — Stephen Colbert Copy Share Image
It is cynicism, and not idealism, that is generally the mark of youthful immaturity, or rather it is the cynic who is… — Andrew Sarris Copy Share Image
I never think I feel cynical in general. Cynical is reality with an alternate spelling. I feel there's a gigantic amount of… — Woody Allen Copy Share Image
Selfishness is not living as one wisheThe cynic knows the price of everything and the value of nothing. s to live, it… — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
The cynic makes fun of all earnestness; he makes fun of everything and everyone who feels that something can be done. .… — George Edgar Vincent Copy Share Image
“This boy," he said, indicating the paintings with one sweep of his arms, "was romantic. He thought that it was beauty that… — Mary Balogh Copy Share Image
“Cynics are spoiled romantics. They are always the ones who had the highest expectations at the start. They were once so naïve… — Lionel Shriver Copy Share Image
What's hard to do is describe why you like something. Because ultimately, the reason things move people is very amorphous. You can… — Chuck Klosterman Copy Share Image
“I am metaphysical being, mystical and emotional, skeptical and cynical, happy and boisterous, loud and bawdy, quiet and melancholy, tender and cruel,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
Cynicism and defensiveness are two things constantly levelled at me. Look, I've got time for people, I'm good mannered. I usually find… — Nick Cave Copy Share Image
Recently, I found out things about my friends which threw my life off balance. Though a self-proclaimed cynic, there are still some… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Cant is always rather nauseating; but before we condemn political hypocrisy, let us remember that it is the tribute paid by men… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“You know that inside every cynic, there’s just a very disappointed idealist?” — Roe Horvat Copy Share Image
Remember, beneath every cynic there lies a romantic, and probably an injured one. — Glenn Beck Copy Share Image
“cynic is the man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.” — Craig Johnson Copy Share Image
A cynic is just a man who found out when he was ten that there wasn't any Santa Claus, and he's still… — James Gould Cozzens Copy Share Image
He might have been naive, but he didn't care; he said he's rather die with his heart on his sleeve than end… — Colum McCann Copy Share Image
The opposite of the religious fanatic is not the fanatical atheist but the gentle cynic who cares not whether there is a… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
“If you're looking to take a long, beautiful drive through life, you might not want to take the cynic view.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
Somehow, somewhere, in some form or the other, things will work out, leaving the cynic in you humbled. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
